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Stopped eating her baby food and only wants formula

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My daughter started eating the 1st stage baby food within the last few weeks. She loves the rice cereal, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots and apples. Then within the last few days, she has all of a sudden started refusing to eat any of them and only wants formula.
I'm wondering if the fact that her two front, bottom teeth coming in have anything to do with it. Any suggestion or comments about why or how to get her to eat them again? I don't want to force her, so we try every day.

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The teething is really what it is. My son did the same thing around 7 months. Totally went on a food strike for like a month. He did come back around. Just make sure your giving her a bottle when ever she wants though. My son's doctor was a little concerned cause he didn't gain any weight in 3 months because of not eating baby food, and started to crawl. But now he's eating a lot and gaining how he's supposed to!! yay. she'll come around. good luck

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